Donna E. (impossible) reviewed Heads You Lose (Inspector Cockrill, Bk 1) on + 3352 more book reviews
Hideous hat - severed head - Inspector Cockrill solves another mystery.
From the back cover: " I wouldn't be seen dead in a ditch in a hat like that." Those were the last words of mousy Grace Morland before she was found brutally murdered behind Squire Stephen Pendock's gracious mansion, her body in a ditch, her severed head obscenly garbed in Francesca Hart's new feathered hat. Six people at Pigeonsford Cottage heard Grace Morland utter those bitter, jealous words, including the dazzling Francesca herself, her twin sister Venetia. and dashing Pendock, the Squire of the Village, whose attention Grace had so desperately wanted,and who only had eyes for Francesca, who cared for him not at all...
